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Bacteriology

Streptococcus agalactiae, viridans streptococci, and enterococci

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A term infant develops respiratory distress, temperature instability and hypotension 14 hours after delivery. Blood cultures yield gram-positive cocci in chains with a narrow clear zone around colonies on blood agar. The isolate is catalase negative. The mother had no prenatal care.

Which additional laboratory pair would be most consistent with the leading organism?